Savage Burn by Jones Lisa Renee

Author:Jones, Lisa Renee [Jones, Lisa Renee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, Mystery
ISBN: 9798606247929
Amazon: B084B1BLVF
Goodreads: 50718633
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2020-01-30T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Savage

Candy baby wants to go shooting. She really is the girl of my dreams but that was never really in question. “You okay with leaving these bastards here at the house?” I ask. “Because I can kick them out.”

“Stay,” she says, eyeing Adam and Smith. “If you two find my father, I’ll even bring you back Alamo Café. Okay, I’ll do that anyway.”

Adam arches a brow. “Alamo Café?” he asks, dodging the awkward topic of her father, who should have been reachable by now. I know it. He knows it. I’m certain Candace knows it too but is in denial.

“Mexican food with fresh tortillas,” I explain. “The only way to eat Mexican food. Welcome to Texas. She’ll bring you food and I’ll bring you little blow-up arm floaties in case you want to go for a swim to cool off. Because I’m a lifesaver.”

Adam and Smith roll their eyes while Candace laughs. “You’re so ridiculously stupid for a brilliant man.” She tilts her chin and offers me her mouth. “I love it.”

And I love the fuck out of her. I catch her chin. “Good. Plenty more where that came from.”

“Don’t encourage him,” Smith snaps. “It’s all we can do to make sense of half of what he says as it is.”

“You understand the way I get my job done, though, don’t you?” I challenge.

Smith’s eyes meet mine and he gives a nod. “Respect there, man. Respect. But you’re still a pain in the ass.”

I give him a wink. “Love you, too, you little piss-ant ground pounder.” I give Adam the finger and we’re all laughing as Candace and I exit to the garage, but inside that laughter is the hollowness of worry. Her worry for her father and the only way I fix that is us finding her father alive. Outside of that, she’s already got the right idea: shoot something. It works for me.

Once we’re inside the Porsche 911, I eye Candace and her missing seatbelt. She never forgets her seatbelt. Proof that she might be all about donuts and jokes on the outside, but inside, she’s freaking out. “Woman,” I scold, reaching over her and clicking it in place, my mouth lingering over hers, arm pressed to her breast. “You don’t ride with a guy like me without buckling up.”

Her hand settles on my jaw, and the laughter of moments before is gone. “Thank you for coming back for me, Rick.”

I cover her hand with mine and hold it between us. “Are you really thanking me for coming back to where I belong? I was a fool to leave.”

“I need you and you’re here. It matters.”

“I know I sound like a broken record, Candace, but I’m not going anywhere.”

“Good. I don’t want you to go anywhere. And I don’t think I have the energy emotionally to believe anything outside of you staying. Forever.”

“Finally, something works in my favor.” I kiss her, biting back an offer of chocolate cake I’d make another time. Not now though. Not when worries for her father, dictate her state of mind.

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